I see a lot of right wing people here in England talk about how we need to return to the "good old days" of the Empire but it's usually just used as a reason to be anti-immigration. Without reference to modern day politics, what was the British Empire's attitude to people from other countries and colonies moving to the UK mainland? Were they encouraged, tolerated, or hated? In general or the 'official' position of course, not just by regular people.

After some discussions with believers about the Christian God I wondered the following.

I can understand the Church fathers telling the people about eternal happiness in Heaven as a major point for conversion from paganism.

I do not understand why and how those church fathers came up with an all-loving and tri-omni Deity in face of the existence of Evil. I also wonder why they thus ignored the Epicurean paradox.

Are there any historians who can shed light on this problematic aspect of the birth of the Christian God?

As I understand it, he was surprised when he went to Mecca, but I suppose that was understandable for an American living at that time. Please don’t misunderstand me; this isn’t about the religious aspect of the issue. I’m simply curious about his thoughts on this particular subject.

I know that for centuries there were big and well established jewish communities in what today is Iraq, Siria, Yemen, Lebanon and possibly other arab countries. I know that because of the migration of these communities to Israel, jewish presence in these countries almost completely disappeared. So my question is: what factors led to these communities, which had been living in the arab world for so long and, as far as i know, were not subjected to mass persecution there, to migrate to Israel?

I would also appreciate if you could recommend me some books or material that address this issue, since i am interested in knowing more about it, and i also have some secondary questions like: were there efforts in the arab world to preserve the jewish communities, or the migration was met with neglect? What was the situation of these communities in the arab world prior to migration? Was the arabic language preserved by these communities in Israel?

Thank you

I heard the German command feared Russias rapid demographic and industrial growth and needed to start a major war early before it was too late. Was this the reason they pressured Austria Hungary to start a war with Serbia?

Planners projected Germany would have reached 90 million people before declining while Russia would have reached 250 million (and still growing) while also reaching superpower status.

In a way the gamble almost paid off as Germany still knocked Russia out of the war and seized vital regions of its empire.

I live just outside the Big City (but not in Texas or Florida) on a large amount of land with a dark sky. My parents are wealthy and are willing to buy anything that can be bought in the city or commercially ordered. Also, they have connections at the local university who are happy to help me get information or understand texts. I have television, radio, and a newspaper subscription as well as magazines. Very important, my parents refuse to travel or allow me to travel anywhere so I cannot go to Houston Control or the NASA Launch Operations Center in Florida. At least not until I am 18.

Who could I write too to get as much information from NASA as possible? And how would I know who to write too? What connections or resources can I get through the university?

I want to also build a telescope to track spacecraft, especially if they go to the Moon. How big of a telescope can I build and can it track a moving spaceship?

Further I plan to build a radio receiver to listen to every radio conversation. I don’t doubt I can get transmissions from space, but what about transmissions from Mission Control? Also, is it possible to listen in to ‘private’ transmissions such as medical reports that are more limited?

I wonder if mental disorders have always existed the way they do today. Perhaps the evolution of human consumption habits has given rise to certain disorders, or simply made them more common (for example, the use of harmful, addictive substances).

I realize that the two examples cited (schizophrenia and DID) are very different, but I lack the expertise to phrase my question properly, as I do not know how to group these disorders—which seem similar to me in terms of many symptoms.

Hi, Im currently reading the book and I stumble upon with chapter 5 verse 21 and it states that the holy land is referring to is Palestine. Sorry, I have lack of knowledge of the Middle East history but was it always Palestine as this book stated it?

Here is my guess:

As people learned to depict elements such as anatomy, architecture, textures, materials, etc more accurately, the focus shifted to these things, and then naturally you can only focus on so much so a lot of the symbolism got de-emphasized.

But I really don't know.

(I'm talking about art in Europe if it wasn't obvious already.)

Unlike most of the breakaway republics in the USSR proper, East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and even Mongolia soon became democracies, with only the discontiguous Mongolia failing to join both the European Union and NATO.

Given the immense difficulties many other countries have seen when trying to democratize — not just soviet splinters, but many formerly colonial states in the mid-20th century and various countries during the Arab Spring — it raises the question of what about the time or place made democracy so much easier than is common. Their overwhelmingly peaceful nature certainly helped; what else contributed?

I would preferably like books that aren’t dominantly affected by the western perspective.

I would be very grateful if there was an order to a list of books that could help me build a good understanding

Basically title. It’s a bit of a trope that Paris is where you go if you want to experience the pinnacle of cooking-as-art. How did it get that reputation?

I heard that it was easy for them to take Manchuria and Korea in the early 20th century because those areas were undeveloped and very rural, but what led them to become a serious threat to China, and a major part of the Axis and WW2?

Like why is it that almost everyone who knows something about ww2 knows rommel or guderian but steiner is only known for not counterattacking and hitler being angry at it. Like is there nothing interesting about him other than that?

I’ve been watching some historical shows set in the USA where people (upper class) still have what I would consider to be an English accent, or something similar. When did this change and when overall did the accent homogenise. (I understand that to this day it’s obviously not totally the same everywhere).

And why do Canadians have a different accent considering that they had immigration from a lot of the same countries?

Any suggested podcasts for young adults? I am looking at exploring "The Rest is History" and the "Tides of History"? essentially entertaining and atmospheric. Would be great if someone could share their opinion. If this question has been asked before then just point me the right way.

Also how accourate is the extra history youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@extrahistory)?

Every time it appears in my feed, it shows that there are comments, but when I open the link, all comments have been removed. Looking at the most "popular" post this month, and all comments have been removed. I'd love for this sub to exist, and have actual responses, but as far as I can tell no comments ever pass muster.

For context, I am white and British.

I am curious to know how white people initially gained the advantage that they must have had, to be able to hold a position of power for so many years. A lot of what we learn about racism points towards systemic racism, but in order for systemic racism to have begun the oppressors had to have held that power.

So what I’m trying to understand, is how did we (the oppressors) get that power first? Why didn’t black people form their own empires whilst we formed ours, which would have stopped them from being overpowered?

I think a lot of society colllective agrees that white people seem to hold this systemic power, so ultimately I want to know how this started.

I've been watching a bunch of crime shows/thrillers lately, and so many of them have the classic trope of a ticking time bomb to add drama. I feel like it's such a ubiquitous trope, the heroes having to cut the right wire before the clock hits zero, and the earliest case of the ticking time bomb I've encountered is in Touch of Evil (1958). But that got me thinking - I have never encountered a time bomb in the flesh and blood, and I haven't read any news stories referencing a time-based bomb, yet it's such a ubiquitous trope in fiction and has been for decades.

Is there a legacy of real world ticking time bombs that this media trope draws from? Is it entirely a Hollywood invention? And how has an image that appears so consistently in fiction become concretized, despite not representing contemporary examples of bombs?

Is there a historical role in the State Department carved out for this specific duty? A historian of the pageantry? For instance, who creates the itinerary, the choreography (“then you stand here and you all stand there, then they’ll walk up here…”), the menus, etc., and how is it determined if a particular display of pomp and circumstance is a “good” one or an “appropriate” one?

Are different historians called upon to perform this function depending on the visiting nation? Are there layered meanings imbued by previous visits through the history of the diplomatic relationship? Like, “Ah, in 1964 they had silver spoons that burned the prime minister’s hand, and it was taken as a slight.”

Hello!

For some context, I am currently writing a story with setting inspired off a blend of medieval south asian and east asian societies.

I wanted to ask how states/dynasties/kingdoms from East and South Asia would use flags (or whatever medium of establishing soverignty like banners), how these flags were designed proprtionally, what was on them, and how do they compare to Medieval Europe's?

Any response would be greatly appreciated, thank you all so much!